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Fiction, Prose & Ephemera: Tangier and Cognac

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Fiction, Prose and Ephemera. Miscellaneous writings by a nurse with too much time on his hands. Sunday, February 8, 2009. He sits alone at a candlelit corner table near the window. His grey hair is short and neat, and he’s wearing a slightly rumpled beige linen suit without a tie. The restaurant is quiet, and other diners speak in hushed tones as the servers glide between the tables like ersatz ice skaters. 8221; he writes, his spidery handwriting slanting, as always, to the left. 8220; When they sent th...

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Fiction, Prose & Ephemera: October 2008

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Fiction, Prose and Ephemera. Miscellaneous writings by a nurse with too much time on his hands. Friday, October 31, 2008. My post entitled " Healthfood and Lipstick. Has been included in the latest edition of " Everything Worth Reading. An interesting and fun literary blog carnival. Which I recently discovered. I recommend surfing over for some good reading in your spare time. You can find the home page of " Everything Worth Reading. Monday, October 27, 2008. Six Word Story #2. Sunday, October 26, 2008.

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Fiction, Prose & Ephemera: December 2008

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Fiction, Prose and Ephemera. Miscellaneous writings by a nurse with too much time on his hands. Sunday, December 14, 2008. Even now, hunched at his desk and enduring spitballs and nasty notes, this young man is painfully aware that he is different from his peers. Stoic, focused, knowing full well that his enemies are truly enraged by their natural academic inferiority, he looks ahead toward a future when his studious concentration and desire for learning will most certainly pay dividends beyond his w...

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Fiction, Prose & Ephemera: November 2008

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Fiction, Prose and Ephemera. Miscellaneous writings by a nurse with too much time on his hands. Friday, November 21, 2008. The room smells of roses, disinfectant and urine. It was obviously used as a study prior to its current incarnation as a sick room, a room in which to die and bring a life to a gentle denouement. His desk, a large roll-top affair adorned with one of those green-shaded lamps one might see in a New England antique shop, stands closed, quiet, and unproductive. Once the center of fur...

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Fiction, Prose & Ephemera: Everything Worth Reading

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Fiction, Prose and Ephemera. Miscellaneous writings by a nurse with too much time on his hands. Sunday, January 25, 2009. Of " Everything Worth Reading. A literary blog carnival, is up and running for your reading pleasure. One of my recent stories, "Grammar School", is happily included. Under the auspices of Nurse Keith Coaching ( www.nursekeith.com. I coach nurses and healthcare professionals in these and other areas:. Burnout prevention and recovery. Career development and management. I also offer gro...

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Fiction, Prose & Ephemera: Columbus Circle, 4:30 P.M.

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Fiction, Prose and Ephemera. Miscellaneous writings by a nurse with too much time on his hands. Saturday, February 28, 2009. Columbus Circle, 4:30 pm. On Central Park West, uniformed doormen stand at attention, quietly awaiting residents and visitors for whom they can open doors and carry packages with well-practiced and graceful aplomb. At Columbus Circle, cars, taxis and buses revolve around the crowded roundabout, the Trump Plaza towering above this magnificent southwestern corner of the park. But, ye...

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Fiction, Prose & Ephemera: Redemption at Piccadilly

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Fiction, Prose and Ephemera. Miscellaneous writings by a nurse with too much time on his hands. Thursday, February 19, 2009. What he had tried to say was that he was sorry. His stumbling, inconsistent words hung like unanswered questions in the stale air in the tunnels below Piccadilly Circus. His apology was all disappointment, hollow words apparently devoid of true contrition. 8221; seemed trite, and “ Please forgive me. 8221; might come across as melodramatic. Perhaps “ Can we start over. My practice ...

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Fiction, Prose & Ephemera: Rilke in SoHo

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Fiction, Prose and Ephemera. Miscellaneous writings by a nurse with too much time on his hands. Thursday, January 15, 2009. Who are my angels, you ask? That’s quite a question to ask a stranger at a train station bar, but I have some time to kill and you seem like a sincere person. So sure, why not? Speaking of angels, have you seen that enormous sculpture of the angel out there in the center of the station? The one where the angel’s holding a dead soldier in her arms? Wow, I’m digressing. Sorr...So, yes...